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Texas Travel Industry Group Seeks to Start Reopening in Time for Summer Tourism Season

Texas Travel Industry Group Seeks to Start Reopening in Time for Summer Tourism Season

For most Texans, the coronavirus has pushed travel plans off the table, unless you count the occasional foray ... Read More »

Readers’ Favorite Texas Trip: The Eagles and East Texas

Readers’ Favorite Texas Trip: The Eagles and East Texas

Last December, I set off on a road trip; the solo kind, where the scenes outside the window and music are the ... Read More »

Try These 5 Texas Rosés This Summer

Try These 5 Texas Rosés This Summer

From frosé to brosé to “rosé all day,” pink wine has moved from fad to favorite among summertime libations. It’s only right—given the light, refreshing wine pairs perfectly with Texas  heat—that our state’s vintners are producing rosés that any oenophile would be proud to pour. Read More »

Take an Expert-Guided Tour of Galveston Architectural Treasures (Minus the Walking) During the Online Historic Homes Tour

Take an Expert-Guided Tour of Galveston Architectural Treasures (Minus the Walking) During the Online Historic Homes Tour

For more than 80 years, the William and Mary Margaret Moody III House has been hiding in plain sight on ... Read More »

Small-Town Dispatches: Two Brownwood Restaurants—One Classic and One New—Overwhelmed by Support

Small-Town Dispatches: Two Brownwood Restaurants—One Classic and One New—Overwhelmed by Support

Two Brownwood restaurants—one the city’s oldest and one of its newest—have received overwhelming customer support during the COVID-19 pandemic. The two establishments, Underwood’s Cafeteria and Teddy’s Brewhaus, each face unique challenges at the moment, but have risen to them to provide care and comfort for their community of nearly 20,000 located about 70 miles southeast of Abilene. Read More »

Small-Town Dispatches: The Vendors at Canton’s First Monday Trade Days Adapt to New Ways of Selling

Small-Town Dispatches: The Vendors at Canton’s First Monday Trade Days Adapt to New Ways of Selling

Signs of the times at Canton's First Monday Trade Days. Photo by Dave Shafer George Davis had spent his day ... Read More »

Pretend You’re in the Grand Prix With a Rare Chance to Drive on the F1 Track at Circuit of Americas in Austin

Pretend You’re in the Grand Prix With a Rare Chance to Drive on the F1 Track at Circuit of Americas in Austin

If you’ve ever dreamed about taking a spin on a Formula 1 racetrack, your chance has arrived. For the first ... Read More »

My Favorite Texas Trip: Growing a Beard for St. Patrick’s Day in Shamrock

My Favorite Texas Trip: Growing a Beard for St. Patrick’s Day in Shamrock

“People that grow beards grow ‘em because they think they’ve got character.” - Roy Wardlow, competitive ... Read More »

The 1 on 1 on 1 Livestream Music Festival Offers a Virtual Celebration of Big Bend Culture

The 1 on 1 on 1 Livestream Music Festival Offers a Virtual Celebration of Big Bend Culture

If you miss the sound of musicians picking on front porches and playing at bars and restaurants around Big ... Read More »

Find the Roots of Cinco de Mayo in the Story of Ignacio Zaragoza

Find the Roots of Cinco de Mayo in the Story of Ignacio Zaragoza

General Ignacio Zaragoza stands 10 feet tall in Goliad. His bronze countenance permanently cast, Zaragoza gazes ... Read More »

Slowpoke Farm Market in Cisco Serves Farm-Fresh Meals

Slowpoke Farm Market in Cisco Serves Farm-Fresh Meals

Slowpoke Farm Market in Cisco draws regulars from Abilene and Fort Worth, who drive 45 and 90 minutes, ... Read More »

Henderson Holds Tightly to Its History

Henderson Holds Tightly to Its History

Joan Smith is immersed in Henderson’s past. As chairwoman of the Rusk County Historical Commission, Smith works in ... Read More »

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